People use money 86 food, books, bicycles and hundreds of other things they 87 .When they 88 ,they usually get paid in money.
Most of the money used today 89 metal or paper. But in ancient times people often used all kinds of things as money. One of the first kinds of money was shells（贝壳）.
In ancient China, cloth and knives 90 money. Elephant tusks（象牙）,monkey tails（尾巴）and salt were used in some parts of Africa. Rice was also a kind of money used by the ancient people on some islands. Cows and other animals were used as money. too.
The first copper（铜）coins 91 China. They were round and had a square（正方的）hole in the center. Different countries have used different metals for their money. Later some countries 92 to make coins of gold and silver（银）.But gold, silver and copper were heavy 93 when people needed a lot of coins to buy something expensive. The Chinese were the first 94 paper money. The first paper money didn’t 95 like the paper money we use today.
A: Hi, Han Mei! What are you doing now?
B: I’m studying for tomorrow’s test. What about you?
A: I’m learning English by l 81 to the tapes. Can you tell me how you learn English?
B: I learn by practicing conversations with my partner.
A: That’s a good idea. I think it can i 82 your speaking skills. Who’s your partner？
B: Liu Ying, one of your classmates at primary school.
A: Oh, wow! It’s her! I remember she u 83 to be short and be very quiet.
B: But now she’s much 84 than before and very outgoing.
A: By the way, do you have lots of rules at school?
B: Yes, we do. For example, we must w 84 uniform at school.
A: Should students be allowed to have part-time job?
B: No. But I think it is necessary for students to have s 85 rules at school.
A: That’s right.
1.Our Jingmen City has lots of wonderful （风景）.
2.He often makes （错误）in his spelling.
3.The name was （不熟悉的）to me.
4.The boy found his name _______(list) in the paper.
5._______(receive) a letter from my friend makes me happy.
6.Mike was made ______(clean) the room by his mother.
7.Ted w why the police called him, so he went to the police station yesterday.
8.She s us a delicious lunch.
9.It is bad manners to throw r everywhere.
10.From s studies, the color red makes people hungry.
Britain’s smallest school was closed down because its only pupil failed to turn up for class, a famous Britain newspaper reported in May.
The newspaper said the six-year-old girl’s parents were unhappy with a teacher who just got the new job to teach the only pupil.
The school had been closed for the last nine months after its former（前任的）teacher retired and the only other pupil moved on to a secondary（中等的）school. The new teacher, Ms. Puckey was to start teaching the girl and reopen（再次打开）the school.
But the girl’s mother is keeping her daughter at home.
“I was not pleased with the new teacher,”the mother said. “I had told the old teacher as far back as last September that if Ms. Puckey got the job, my child would not be going to school.”
The school lies on an island off the northeast of Scotland. Although there was only one pupil, the school is very good in many ways and has a headmaster, three computers, a television, and an art room as well as a school house with three bedrooms.
1.The reading is about .
A. the smallest school that was closed down
B. the only pupil in the smallest school
C. the new teacher and her teaching
D. the old teacher who just retired
2.“Turn up”in the reading means “ ”。
A．pass an exam B. go to school
C. pay money D. hand in homework
3.From the reading we can know that the school .
A. is too far for the students
B. does not have enough teachers
C. does not have many pupils
D. is new but small
4.Before the school was closed down, .
A. the girl’s mother wanted to teach her daughter at home
B. the only pupil had to move to a secondary school
C. a famous newspaper had written something about it
D. the girl’s mother had a talk with the former teacher
5.The reading does not say but we can infer .
A. the girl’s mother had only one child
B. the new teacher was not kind to the girl
C. the old teacher was fit to teach the girl
D. the parents were unhappy with the school
There is not enough oil in the world now. As time goes by, it becomes less and less, so what are we going to do when it runs out? Perhaps we will go back to using horses, carriages and bicycles.
In the Second World War, some people didn’t use gas made from petroleum(石油) in their cars. They made gas from wood and plants instead. The car didn’t go fast, but they ran, so this was better than nothing. However, in the future, we can’t cut down all our trees to make gas; we need our trees for other things, too.
Besides different types of gas, we can also use electricity(电) to run our cars, but first we must make the electricity! Some countries have coal(煤) and they make electricity with that, but we might not always have coal, either. Other countries have big, strong rivers, and they can use the power of water to turn turbines(涡轮机) and make electricity more easily and cheaply.
We are also able to get power from the ocean tides. We put turbines into the mouth of the river. Then the tide comes in, the water turns the turbines and then it goes out, it turns them again.
Which of these ways will be used to run our cars in the future?
1.When might people have to go back to using horses and carriages?
A. When they are poor.
B. When they run out of oil.
C. When they need more exercise.
D. When there aren’t any big trees in the world.
2.What did some people use to make gas in the Second World War?
A. Water. B. Coal.
C. Wood and plants. D. Tides.
3.How many ways are suggested to make electricity in the passage?
A. 2. B. 5. C. 4. D. 3.
4.According to the passage, which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. There is more petroleum than we can use now.
B. Trees are needed for some other things besides making gas.
C. We got electricity from ocean tides in the old days.
D. Gas wasn’t used to run cars in the Second World War.
5.The passage is mainly about __________.
A. how to run our cars B. what to do when oil runs out
C. different types of gas D. the ways to make electricity
Drinking water is good for your health. There are some scientific ways of drinking water.
1. It is the best medicine to drink two glasses of water in the morning.
2. Drink clean water.
3. Drink the water that has not been boiled.
Many people think boiled water is safe and good to people’s health. In fact, it is not true. The boiling point of water is 100℃. By boiling it, most bacteria（细菌）in water can be killed. In the past, the water was less polluted. So boiling was a good way to make clean water. But heavy metals and other dangerous things in today’s water are much more terrible than bacteria. Boiling doesn’t fix that problem. And boiling water may give us more of the dangerous things in our glass.
4. Never use soft drinks to take the place of water.
5. Water is also needed in winter.
6. Drink water at the right time.
1) After getting up in the morning, you have less water in your body, because you weren’t drinking for the whole night. So you should drink some water to keep your health after getting up in the morning. That can prevent high blood pressure, cerebral hemorrhages（脑溢血）and so on.
2) Drinking water at about 10 am helps your body keep enough water.
3) Drinking water at about 3 pm can clean out the wastes in your body.
4) About eight o’clock in the evening is the best time to drink water. Your blood gets thicker when you sleep. Water will make your blood less thick.
Besides, we should drink 2L of water every day. Water is so important for our life. We should drink water often.
1.According to the passage, in the morning is the best .
A. drinking some hot soup, medicine B. drinking some porridge, breakfast
C. drinking some water, medicine D. Drinking some soft drinks, medicine
2. can prevent high blood pressure, cerebral hemorrhages and so on.
A. Drinking some water after getting up in the morning
B. Drinking some water before going to bed
C. Drinking some soft drinks after getting up
D. Drinking some milk before going to bed
3.At about 3 pm, drinking water can clean out the in your body.
A. oil B. food C. wastes D. fat
4.From the passage, we can see the best time to drink water is .
A. about eight o’clock in the morning B. about eight o’clock in the evening
C. before supper D. at night
5.The best title to this passage is .
A. Drink clean water B. Don’t drink the boiled water
C. The use of water D. Scientific water drinking
